ISLAMABAD:
The Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) has approached the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) challenging the orders of the Sindh High Court (SHC) that halted the recruitment process under the Combined Competitive Examination (CCE)-2024 and directed the production of confidential examination records before the court.
The petition seeks suspension of the SHC’s orders dated May 14, 2026 and June 22, 2026, under which relief was granted to failed candidates at the very first hearing, followed by directions to seal, collect and produce their confidential examination records and answer sheets before the High Court.
According to the SPSC, these directions have effectively suspended its ongoing recruitment process. The matter has been fixed for hearing on June 30 before an FCC division bench headed by Chief Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan.
Advocate Hafiz Ahsaan Ahmad Khokhar is representing SPSC before the court.
According to the petition, the CCE-2024 was conducted strictly in accordance with the Sindh Public Service Commission Act, 2022, and the Recruitment Management Regulations, 2023, for recruitment to various provincial civil service posts.
The Commission maintains that the entire investigation process was conducted transparently, fairly and in accordance with the statutory framework.
The petition states that the advertisement for CCE-2024 was published on December 2, 2024 and attracted 26,742 applications. After scrutiny, a screening test was held on 11 October 2025 where 11,179 candidates qualified for the written test.
The written test was conducted from December 22 to December 29, 2025. Out of 4,340 candidates who appeared, only 70 were qualified after evaluation of their answers and the result was declared on May 6, 2026.
After the publication of the results, seven unsuccessful candidates filed constitutional objections alleging lack of transparency and irregularities in the examination process.
The SPSC claims that the allegations are based on mere conjecture and are not supported by evidence of fraud, mala fide, manipulation or violation of the applicable examination rules.
The commission claimed that the constitution bench of the SHC granted relief at the very first hearing without issuing notices to either the Sindh government or the SPSC.
It further stated that the SHC through its June 22 order directed that the petitioners’ confidential inquiry records and reply should be secured, sealed and produced before the court through the Sessions Judge, Hyderabad.
The Commission argued that the court granted substantive interim relief without first deciding issues of maintainability, the availability of an alternative statutory remedy and the petitioners’ standing to sue.
